CAP: ‘Agreement disastrous for Irish farmers and the rural economy’

'Farmers will be left carrying the climate change can', says ICMSA 
CAP: ‘Agreement disastrous for Irish farmers and the rural economy’

Pat McCormack, ICMSA President, says farmers will be left carrying the climate change can for EU consumers and corporations because of CAP. Picture: Don Moloney. 

‘Farmers will be left carrying the climate change can for both EU consumers and corporations because of reduced payments tied up with additional terms and conditions'.

This is according to the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) whose President Pat McCormack spoke in the aftermath of the agreement reached on CAP post-2020 in Brussels today.

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